A growing genre of work is defined not by its content but by its audience on social media.
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Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions
For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
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House Passes Bill to Ban Sharing of Revenge Porn, Sending It to Trump
The Take It Down Act, which united a coalition of conservative and liberal lawmakers, criminalizes the nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit images of others and requires companies to remove them.
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How Colleges Are Turning Athletes Into Influencers
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is known for its sports programs, but now it has something else to offer its athletes: an opportunity to become an influencer. Sapna Maheshwari, a business reporter who covers social media for The New York Times, returned to her alma mater to learn more.
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On TikTok, Chinese Manufacturers Open a New Line in the Trade War
Videos on the social media app, filmed at factories in China, urge viewers to buy luxury goods directly, as tariffs drive up prices. Americans are receptive.
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EU Fines Apple and Meta Total of $800 Million in First Use of Digital Competition Law
The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
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At Meta’s Antitrust Trial, a Bygone Internet Era Comes Back to Life
In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path, Orkut and Google Plus boomed.
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What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
Meta’s antitrust trial, in which the government contends the company killed competition by buying young rivals, hinges on unknowable alternate versions of Silicon Valley history.
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Ashton Hall’s Unconventional Morning Routine Has Drawn Nearly a Billion Views
Ashton Hall’s unconventional morning routine has drawn close to a billion views, and scores of copycat videos.
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What an Instagram Reel Has in Common With a 4-Hour Documentary
Humans love to watch other humans, whether it’s movies by Frederick Wiseman or vertical videos on your phone. In a way, we’re all documentarians.
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Mark Zuckerberg Defends Embrace of Trump Administration in Meta Employee Q&A
In a meeting with Meta employees on Thursday, Mr. Zuckerberg also doubled down on recent changes to the company’s online speech policies and ending its diversity initiatives.
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported a 21 percent increase in quarterly revenue.